agar

Etymology 1

From Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly.

noun

  1. A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
  2. A culture medium based on this material.
    An hour before, he had been in lab, removing from the incubator his boxes of agar plates. 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 8

Etymology 2

Probably from Hindi अगर (agar), from Sanskrit अगरु (agaru)

noun

  1. agarwood

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